One FCC commissioner appears to think that we don’t, but perhaps he doesn’t understand the question On June 25, 2015, FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly caused a bit of a kerfuffle with his remarks to the Internet Innovation Alliance. The speech was titled “What is the Appropriate Role for Regulators in an Expanding Broadband Economy?” It contained five key points that every regulator in every country should adhere to when considering
Scrappy underdog of the mobile world OnePlus has today announced the launch of its second smartphone. The OnePlus 2 is the plucky successor to the OnePlus One and it will be available from August for around £250. The OnePlus One gained a kind of cult status among in-the-know Android fans thanks to the combination of good value and high specifications. It’s clear that the company is hoping the OnePlus 2
Microsoft Corp. is releasing Windows 10 in 190 countries Wednesday as a free update for most people currently running Windows 8.1 or 7 (Service Pack 1). (Robert Galbraith/Reuters) A lot will be riding on the mass-market release next week of Microsoft’s latest operating system, Windows 10. The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant earned scathing reviews for its previous OS, the buggy and awkward Windows 8 (yes, they’re skipping version 9). As
Evolving technology has dramatically changed the demographics of business owners, PwC has said. Stephen Moore, who leads PwC’s merger and acquisition business across Yorkshire, said the region is home to an increasingly diverse mid-market business community. He told The Yorkshire Post: “You see a huge diversity of businesses in that space, both in terms of the sector where they’re located and the age profile of owners in those businesses.” Since
OVER 40,000 FAKE iPhones worth over £1.2m were produced in a factory in China, according to Beijing police who busted the counterfeit operation. The raid revealed that the factory had produced more than 41,000 knock-off iPhones, and led to the arrest of nine suspects, including a married couple thought to have organised the operation. The bust was revealed in a social media posting on Sunday by the public security bureau
When Lou Gerstner first arrived at IBM as CEO in 1993, he brought a gripe with him from his time running American Express, one of Big Blue’s largest customers. As he wrote in his memoir, Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance, it became central to his transformation of the company. What had happened was that an IBM executive had called one of his division managers and threatened to withdraw support from
Is the Apple Watch in trouble? Facebook, Google and others haven’t rolled out their most popular apps for the device. When Apple reports its latest quarterly results Tuesday afternoon, many people will be hoping to learn something about how the company’s newest gadget, the Apple Watch is selling. Chances are Apple won’t reveal much, but as a piece in The New York Times noted today, some big app makers–namely Facebook,
Starbucks is launching a coffee “click and collect” service, introducing powermats across all of its UK stores and promising the fastest wifi speeds on the high street to lure customers back after its tax controversies Starbucks is launching mobile pay and ordering for drinks across its UK city cafes Photo: AP Starbucks, the coffee giant, is investing £30m on a technological revamp of its UK business to lure British caffeine-lovers back
First introduced for Windows Phone, Cortana will be a key component of Windows 10 when it launches July 29th. Still, Cortana offers some unique abilities (the Notebook in particular) not available with Google and Apple’s virtual assistants, and her voice detection is some of the best around if you want a change of pace from the native offering on your OS. While the company is yet to officially release Cortana
Heading to the gym, or for a workout at home, has always been a struggle for anyone trying to keep track of fitness progress being made. Until now. Keeping fit and knowing how well you are doing with your fitness goals are now directly connected to, and measurable through, your smartphone, tablet or PC untethered by wearable technology. Whether you are counting steps, burning calories or measuring heartbeats and sleep
